Yes, We Creative Advocacy Network!

If you have an interest in the arts in Clackamas, Multnomah, or Washington counties, please consider learning more about CAN. And join other involved residents in a discussion about the arts with Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten, and Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette Monday, April 13.

Postcard Writing

One of my writing tips is to carry postcards (you can find them free around town, advertising galleries and such), or index cards, if you're in a pinch. They're informal, they offer limited space (almost unheard of in our age of the infinite blank page of word processing systems), they encourage you to write to a specific audience (though you don't have to mail the card), sometimes the picture serves as a writing prompt, and they're light and, as I said before, often free or inexpensive.

And now there's a cool-looking book and contest related to this idea! (Sadly, I had nothing to do with either.)

Newest Ink-Filled Page Released!

Winter 2008 Ink-Filled Page

Ah, the games we play--both mental and board, sometimes involving food or big red balloons. They make for such great stories. Download the Winter 2008 issue of the Ink-Filled Page to see how these writers and artists reflect life, and its games.